CONDITIONALS

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CONDITIONALS

• Intermediate Level
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USE

• We use if to show that one action depends on a
  condition or another action.
• We can join two simple sentences with if. We then
  have two clauses the if clause and the main
  clause.
• We can put the if clause first or second. If it
  comes first, there is a comma after it.
• We make a question by using the question form of
  the verb in the main clause.

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GENERAL TRUTH CONDITIONALS (TYPE 0)

• If clause main clause
• IfSimple Present-Simple Present

• Examples
• You feel cold if the temperature is low.
• If it rains in Athens, it often floods.
• If you dont study, you dont pass.
• If my dog sees a cat, he chases it.

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Use

• For things that are generally true, natural laws
  and scientific facts.
• For actions or states that happen often,
  regularly. In sentences like this if really means
  every time or whenever.

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FUTURE CONDITIONALS (Type 1)

• If clause - main clause
• If simple present will verb root
• Unless can be used in this conditional. Unless
  means the same as if not.

• Examples
• If the weather is good, well go on a picnic.
• If Dad gives us the money, we can buy the tickets
  to the concert.
• We may move to the States if our parents get a
  job there.
• If he doesnt give a good explanation, I will
  leave him.
• Unless he gives a good explanation, I will leave
  him.

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Use

• We use Future Conditionals to talk about things
  which will probably happen now or in the future.
• We can make promises or threats or give warnings.
• We can also use other modals ( can, must, may) in
  place of will.

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IMPROBABLE CONDITIONALS (Type 2)

• If clause - main clause
• If past simple wouldverb root

• Examples
• If he had more money, he would travel by plane.
• If I were her, I wouldnt buy that terrible
  dress!
• I might visit the Acropolis, if I had time off
  work.
• If I lived nearer to the sea, I could go swimming
  every day.

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Use

• We use Improbable Conditionals to talk about
  things that probably wont happen now or in the
  future or we know will not happen.
• To give or ask for advice, or say what someone
  should do.
• We can also use other modal verbs ( could,
  might) in place of would.

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PAST CONDITIONALS ( Type 3)

• If clause - main clause
• If past perfect-would havep.p.

• Examples
• If I had gone to Paris, I would have visited the
  Eiffel Tower.
• If we had booked the hotel rooms on time, we
  could have found better ones.
• If Mum hadnt been so ill, she might have come
  with us.

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Use

• We use Past Conditionals to talk about the past.
  These are always hypothetical things because we
  cannot change the past.
• We can also use other modals ( could, might,
  should, etc.) in place of would.